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Anterria
Hannah Merchant stumbles out of her world and into another, where she and the man who saved her life take on the task of defeating the Shadow, a former government official bent on controlling the multiverse. Armed with nothing but imagination and a bag full of books, they trace his moves to Anterria, a map from a fairy tale with dangers that spark new, fantastic abilities inside them.
- GenresFantasy
230 pages, Paperback
First published November 15, 2010
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March 23, 2012
“The Storytellers: Anterria � Book One� by Rebecca McKinsey is a fantasy novel where a 16 year old girl, Hannah Merchant finds herself mysteriously pulled into another reality. Hannah isn’t your typical 16 year old girl. She loves books and finds herself filling notebooks upon notebooks with her own stories and illustrations. This is to the chagrin of her parents who are rich and think their daughter should be more refined. In the story, we only see Hannah in our world for a short period of time, but Ms. McKinsey does a good job conveying, in that little bit of time, a glimpse of what Hannah is like and what her life is like. And then the reader is off on only what I can call a rollercoaster ride. Hannah suddenly finds herself in a strange place where a man is being chased by an “apparition [that] had the shape of a wolf, but was made of what looked like black smoke trying to hold itself together in the shape of four legs and a head.� Here we meet Aaron, the mysterious man who won’t take off his gloves, who becomes Hannah’s companion for the rest of the story.
I believe this is Ms. McKinsey’s debut book and she definitely proves that she is a storyteller, just like her main character. This book will appeal to tweens on up and, although the main character is a girl, boys will like it for all the action that goes on. There is an evil king, a witch, a war, shadows� all things that boys like. But it also will appeal to girls because of the main character, Hannah. Hannah comes across as a very mature, intelligent girl who has a lot of confidence in herself.
My only complaint is that I did get a little lost at times with the minor characters and trying to keep straight who was who and why they were important. “Anterria� is the first in a trilogy and I am interested to see where the author takes this story.
I believe this is Ms. McKinsey’s debut book and she definitely proves that she is a storyteller, just like her main character. This book will appeal to tweens on up and, although the main character is a girl, boys will like it for all the action that goes on. There is an evil king, a witch, a war, shadows� all things that boys like. But it also will appeal to girls because of the main character, Hannah. Hannah comes across as a very mature, intelligent girl who has a lot of confidence in herself.
My only complaint is that I did get a little lost at times with the minor characters and trying to keep straight who was who and why they were important. “Anterria� is the first in a trilogy and I am interested to see where the author takes this story.
November 5, 2012
Hannah Merchant was a tomboy that liked creating her own worlds and stories. One day she was at a party her wealthy parents made her go to. She snuck up to the library of the building and started writing in her journal. When she got bored of that, she went outside, and everything went black. She awoke and found herself in the path of Aaron McKay, who was being chased by an evil shadow creature. He pulled her along until they were safe and far away from it. Aaron took her to a train station. There he explained some of the things that were going on, like the reason he was being chased. Hannah finds out she is a Storyteller, like Aaron and she has powers she never knew she had. Books and illustrations The train conductor took Hannah and Aaron to Anterria, a world different from ours. There they enter a dangerous war between the villagers of Anterria and the King and his men. The shadow creature is there too, taking over all. Will Hannah and Aaron come out alive?
I enjoyed reading this book. I loved the plot. The action in it was exciting but written well for kids. The reading level is good for older kids or advanced readers and it is a clean read. I also thought the story idea was unique. I liked the mythical creatures Ms. McKinsey wrote into the story (like pixies, centaurs and satyrs). Hannah is a great main character who loves writing and creating her own worlds. I liked her a lot. The Storytellers were pretty cool. I like that what they say is true in their story, becomes true. There were parts of the story I wished were explained a little more because I got “lost� but for the most part, the story read well. I like the cover, I thought it was kind of pretty. The second book in this series is called Atlantis. I already asked my mom if she can get it! I recommend this book to kids 9+.
**Note � I got a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review**
I enjoyed reading this book. I loved the plot. The action in it was exciting but written well for kids. The reading level is good for older kids or advanced readers and it is a clean read. I also thought the story idea was unique. I liked the mythical creatures Ms. McKinsey wrote into the story (like pixies, centaurs and satyrs). Hannah is a great main character who loves writing and creating her own worlds. I liked her a lot. The Storytellers were pretty cool. I like that what they say is true in their story, becomes true. There were parts of the story I wished were explained a little more because I got “lost� but for the most part, the story read well. I like the cover, I thought it was kind of pretty. The second book in this series is called Atlantis. I already asked my mom if she can get it! I recommend this book to kids 9+.
**Note � I got a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review**
January 20, 2012
Pure, old storytelling of the best kind. I do believe Tolkien, Rowling, Collins, and Lewis may have found their match...
This first Storytellers book exceeded my expectations by far. The main character, Hannah, is an enigmatic, intelligent and relate-able heroine, not soon forgotten; her travels as well are far from rote. I found myself gripped as the story rapidly progressed in intricacy, complexity and speed as time went on...so much so, that I only noticed later, when I put it down at 2 am, that I had read the book non-stop from start to finish!
I was pleased to discover that although the book seemed in a few places to nod at various influences (Dr. Who, Avatar, Lord of the Rings, Sherlock Homes stories, etc.) it was by no means a "copy novel"; this is a story ALL of it's own right. I am eagerly anticipating the second book!
Great debut, do give it chance!
This first Storytellers book exceeded my expectations by far. The main character, Hannah, is an enigmatic, intelligent and relate-able heroine, not soon forgotten; her travels as well are far from rote. I found myself gripped as the story rapidly progressed in intricacy, complexity and speed as time went on...so much so, that I only noticed later, when I put it down at 2 am, that I had read the book non-stop from start to finish!
I was pleased to discover that although the book seemed in a few places to nod at various influences (Dr. Who, Avatar, Lord of the Rings, Sherlock Homes stories, etc.) it was by no means a "copy novel"; this is a story ALL of it's own right. I am eagerly anticipating the second book!
Great debut, do give it chance!
April 30, 2012
I loved this book. The author did such a good job with describing things, I could visualize the scenes all the way through. This is a great book, especially for the tweens.
December 22, 2012
A little hard to follow in some parts, although I think that may have been at least in some part intentional from the author. Overall a good book.
April 5, 2015
Confusing, jumbled, difficult to follow. The author wrote many well-crafted sentences. They just don't seem to add up to a good story. I have not interest in future books.
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